John E. Gomba Jr. YARDLEY - John E. Gomba Jr., 86, died on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2012, at his home. Born in McKeesport, PA, he was a Yardley resident for the past 53 years. Mr. Gomba started his career with U.S. Steel Corporation in Homestead, PA, and retired as a steel roller at Fairless Works. In retirement he was a school crossing guard for Lower Makefield Township and a painter with Andrew C. Hill. He was a U.S. Army veteran serving in Japan and a member of American Legion Knowles Doyle Post 317 Yardley. He was a member of the Polish National Alliance. He was the husband of the late Susan A. Gomba and is survived by five sons and daughters-in-law: Gregory J. and Sue Gomba of Yardley, PA, John E. and Jean Gomba III of Cream Ridge, NJ, Paul M. and Diane Gomba of Fairless Hills, PA, Daniel G. and Dina Gomba of Chalfont, PA, and Glenn E. and Margaret Gomba of Millersville, PA; two daughters and sons-in-law, Suzanne M. and John Reed Jr. of Titusville, FL, and Nancy Gomba Wolfenson and Erik Wolfenson of Yardley, PA; a brother, Lawrence Gomba of Evergreen, CO; three sisters-in-law, Ann Gomba, Teresa Brylanski and Laura Gomba; 22 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on Friday at St. Ignatius Church, Yardley. Burial will follow at Our Lady of Grace Cemetery, Langhorne, PA. Friends may call from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday at FitzGerald-Sommer Funeral Home, 17 S. Delaware Ave., (River Road), Yardley, PA. Memorial contributions for colon/rectum cancer research may be made to , P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 73123-1718, cancer.org.